Erfan Dastournejad. "Actual Conversations for the Virtual World." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2022.
Adviser:
Conversations in the metaverse (Social VR) are a distorted reflection of the familiar real-world experience. The information insufficiencies such as incorrect context or lack of nonverbal signals, prevent these virtual experiences, from fully recreating a “real” conversational experience. My thesis project, is a set of design suggestions I culminated, focusing on making it easier to join/initiate conversations in social virtual reality. Also, a high-fidelity VR prototype supplements the demonstration and visualization of these suggested concepts.
Read Medium post about the research phase.
Read Medium post about the design phase.
View images and read a related commentary on the Graduate Showcase website.